Investigation of the Relations between Emotional Intelligence, Empathy and Social Skill Level in Young Adults

It was aimed to investigate the relationships between emotional intelligence, empathy and social skill level in young adults in this study. Total numbers of participated in the study including 169 women and 150 men aged between 18-39 are 319. Participants answered the A Social Skill Test-80, Empathy Scale and original form of Schutte Emotional Intelligence Test. In this study was investigated the relationships between emotional intelligence, empathy and social skills with different models. In this direction, seven models were created to explain the relationships between the variables. The created models were investigated by path analysis and determined that they showed different levels of compliance. It is the best fit indicator among the were used models that showed model the mediating role of empathy in the relationship between the social skill and emotional intelligence. The results obtained for the relationships between variables are discussed in line with the recent study results.